Cairo & St. Louis Railroad v. Killenberg

Citations

• 82 Ill. 295

Syllabus

<p>1. Garnishee—answer considered as true until disproved. The answer of a garnishee, until it is contradicted or disproved, must he considered as true. If judgment is demanded upon the answer, it must clearly appear therefrom that the garnishee is chargeable, or he will be discharged.</p> <p>2. Same—not liable if certificate of indebtedness has been given to debtor and sold by him. Where a railroad company issues to its employees certificates of indebtedness, and is afterwards garnisheed on account of such indebtedness, it will not be liable if the payees of the certificates have sold the same before the service of garnishee process, notwithstanding such certificates are .not negotiable in law.</p>